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BROOM.

(No Model.)

Patented May lvznmo E J ,fflmmmmn QRJCMa/ooeo' UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

FRANK J. OASE, OF ARRINGTON,.KANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO F. L. daH. J. OASE, OF SAME PLACE.

BROOM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,258, dated May 28,1889.

Application tiled July 10, 1888. Serial No. 279,511. (No model.) A

The invention relates to improvements in whisks and brooms; and itconsists in the construction and novel combination of parts,

hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, andpointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a view of one side of a broom,illustrating the invention. Fig. 2 represents an edge view of the same.Fig. 3 represents one side of the broom with the plate metal removed.Fig. 4 is a central vertical section of the same. Fig. 5 represents aperspective view of one of the retaining-bars for the straw. Fig. 6 is ahorizontal section through the clamping-bars.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A indicates a broo1n-l'1andle,and Bthe broom, which is not directly connected or wired to the handle.

C C are similar opposite sections of sheetmetal casing, forming, whenclosed together, the shoulders of the broom.

c c are laterally-curved strips projecting from the sheet-metal sectionsupon the broomhandle, each being provided with the scalloped edges c',running upward to a point. The said strips lit upon and are attached bytacks or otherwise to opposite sides of the broom-handle.

I) is a metallic sleeve slipped down on the handle over the strips c,where it is properly secured and prevents the said strips from comingloose. The metal plates O are rounded or curved, and are provided withflanges E E on their shoulders and side edges, and have near their loweredges the transverse curved grooves F F, running from one side of saidplates and forming raised portions or beads on the outside thereof. Thesaid raised portions are parallel to the lower edges of said plates, andhave their convexities downward.

G G are curved bars lying in the grooves or recesses F and having theirend portions, f,

bent at right angles in order to lie against theedges of the bundle ofbroom-straw B, inserted between the plates and the bars G. The endportions, f, are beveled, so that the end portions of one strip will lieupon the corresponding end portion of the other strip.

Vhen the broom-straw, handle, plates, and retaining-bars are all in.place, rivets or bolts II are passed' through registering-openings inthe said plates and bars, and said rivets are upset or headed on theouter sides thereof. When the bolts are used, their threaded ends areengaged by nuts h. It is preferable to use the bolts and nuts, as thenthe parts could be easily taken apart to. renew the broomstraw shouldthe same become worn, broken, or dirty. The broom-straw has its innerends free and abutting against the shoulders of the metallic sideplates.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. In a broom, the handle, thetwo similar metal plates, C, connected to the handle by the projectingstrips c, and having the side Iianges, E, and the curved bars G on theinner side of the plates,'and the bolts passed through the plates andalso through the bars, as set forth.

2. In a broom, the combination of the handle, the bundle of broom-strawunconnected to the handle, the metal plates O, provided with theprojecting strips c, the flanges E, andy the transverse grooves F, andthe curved bars G, lying in said grooves and connected through the strawto the metal plates and to each other, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK J. OASE.

IVitnesses:

JOSEPH ANDERsoN, J. E. BAMFIELD.

